Sat 19 Jul 2008
Judge: water delivery system harms Calif salmon
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A federal judge ruled Friday that California’s water systems threaten to push native, wild salmon into extinction, but stopped short of ordering any immediate water cutbacks farmers said would have cost them millions in lost crops. (more…)
If California’s water crisis persists, water agencies may need to start mandatory rationing in Los Angeles County next year, officials said Tuesday. In a report to the Board of Supervisors, acting Director of Public Works Dean D. Efstathiou said the impact of the drought on county residents 
Hoping to wring water from the skies, a parched Los Angeles County plans to launch an $800,000 cloud-seeding project in the San Gabriel Mountains that officials believe will boost rainfall and raise the levels of local reservoirs. 
As California faces one of its worst droughts in two decades, building projects are being curtailed for the first time under state law by the inability of developers to find long-term water supplies. Water authorities and other government agencies scattered 
Recently in SCV there were two incidents involving small children and pools that resulted in one drowning and one near drowning. Both children were three years old and happened in swimming pools; one private and one community. These events are devastating to the families and friends as well as the rescue personal; many of whom have small children themselves. 